EL PASO, Texas – Two-year letter winner Wendy Zhang (Eastern Michigan) will join the UTEP tennis team starting with the 2024-25 season, head coach Ivan Fernandez revealed Thursday.
 
A profile on Zhang and a quote from Fernandez follows below.
 
Wendy Zhang
5-7
Eastern Michigan
Bejing, China
 
Two-year letter winner for Eastern Michigan who has experience playing in both the singles and doubles line-up … helped EMU pile up a combined 18 victories during her two seasons with the program … posted a combined record of 11-7 in singles action and 12-7 for doubles play during that timeframe … forged a mark of 8-5, including 6-4 against Mid-American Conference opponents, in singles during the 2023 spring campaign … finished at 7-5 at No. 3 singles and 1-0 at the fourth slot … teamed up with Daniella Shved to produce a record of 8-5 in doubles (4-4 in MAC), including a stellar 6-1 readout at No. 2 doubles … was also 1-0 at No. 3 doubles that year … during her sophomore season (2023-24), she finished at 3-2 in singles and 4-2 in doubles … all of those matches were contested during the fall … prior to her time with the Eagles, she attended Crnjanski Gimnzija School in Belgrade, Serbia.
 
"We are extremely happy to sign Wendy. She is an experienced player that will have an immediate impact in the singles and doubles lineup. We know we had a lot of competition in recruiting her, but we are glad that she chose to join our UTEP tennis family for August."  
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